ὁ πατήρ μου ὃ δέδωκέν μοι (John 10:29)

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Title:  My Father, Who Has Given Them to Me

The text is, “ὁ πατήρ μου ὃ δέδωκέν μοι πάντων μεῖζόν ἐστιν καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται ἁρπάζειν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ πατρός”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“πατήρ”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “Father”.

“μου”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.

“ὃ”:  neuter, singular, accusative, definite, relative pronoun meaning “them”.

“δέδωκέν”:  third person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “has given”.

“μοι”:  first person,personal, singular, dative pronoun meaning “to me”.

“πάντων”:  masculine, plural, genitive adjective meaning “all”.

“μεῖζόν”:  neuter, singular, nominative, comparative adjective meaning “greater”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“οὐδεὶς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, indefinite adjective meaning “nothing”.

“δύναται”:  third person, singular, present, passive, indicative verb meaning “is able”.

“ἁρπάζειν”:  present, active, infinitive verb meaning “to snatch away”.

“ἐκ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “out of”.

“τῆς”:  feminine, singular, genitive article meaning “the”.

“χειρὸς”:  feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “hand”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “of the”.

“πατρός”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “Father”.

The meaning of this verse is,

My Father, Who has given them to me, is greater than* all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.”

* “than” does not appear in the text; it is supplied for clarification.

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